New Zealand
Supported patent filings
PCT National Phase Entry
| Deadline: | 31 months | |
| Power of Attorney: | No | |
| Assignments: | No* | |
| Language: | English | |
| Translation Extension: | Yes** | |
| Excess Claims Fee: | No | |
| Examination Request: | Optional at filing or deferred | |
| Country Notes: | * Assignments are not required in New Zealand, but it is recommended that you have one on file. According to New Zealand law, there should be in existence an Assignment from the inventor to the applicant, dated prior to national phase entry. Please note that RWS does not automatically provide this form.
** The English translation (in case of non-EN application) can be submitted within three months from the filing date. |
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Direct Filing
| Deadline: | 12 months | |
| Power of Attorney: | No | |
| Assignments: | No | |
| Language: | English | |
| Translation Extension: | Yes* | |
| Excess Claims Fee: | No | |
| Examination Request: | Optional at filing or deferred | |
| Country Notes: | * The English translation (in case of non-EN application) can be submitted within three months from the filing date.
• Regarding the priority document(s), only the priority data (application number, filing date and country) is required at filing. • Where an invention is a micro-organism, then a deposit of the micro-organism must be made and a deposit receipt must be provided within three months from the date of making the deposit. |
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Recommended Agents
Pipers Intellectual Property
PCT National Phase Entry
Direct Filing
Pipers is a specialist IP firm with three offices across New Zealand and Australia. The firm offers superior client commitment with a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week internet reception. Its attorneys are highly skilled in many technical areas and work in collaboration with clients to generate more revenue from innovation and to increase competitive advantage.. . Pipers has a wide range of clients from large international companies to smaller start-ups, offering patent drafting, filing, provisional applications, patent searching, patent prosecution, patent litigation, and licensing and franchising patents..